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USS LST-1025

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Kilo - Victor - Alpha
NKVA

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal
Bottom Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)

LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 26 April 1944, at Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, MA.

Launched, 22 May 1944

Commissioned USS LST-1025, 31 May 1944, ENS. Chester C. Curfman USN in command

During World War II USS LST-1025 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Leyte Operation; Leyte landings, 18 October to 6 November 1944	Consolidation and capture of Southern Philippines; Visayan Islands landings, 18 March 1945
Manila Bay-Bicol operation; Zambales-Subic Bay, 29 to 30 January 1945	Borneo operation; Tarakan Island operation, 27 April to 5 May 1945

Following World War II USS LST-1025 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal
25 September to 14 October 1945
29 October to 9 November 1945
28 December 1945 to 5 January 1946

Decommissioned, 24 May 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 15 August 1946

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 11 June 1948, to Walter W. Johnson Co.

USS LST-1025 earned four battle stars for World War II service

Specifications:

Displacement

1,625 t.(lt)

4,080 t.(fl) (sea-going draft w/1675 ton load)

2,366 t.

Length 328' o.a.

Beam 50'

Draft

light 2' 4" fwd, 7' 6" aft

sea-going 8' 3" fwd, 14' 1" aft

landing 3' 11" fwd, 9' 10" aft (landing w/500 ton load)

limiting 11' 2"

maximum navigation 14' 1"

Speed 11.6 kts. (trial)

Endurance 24,000 miles @ 9kts. while displacing 3960 tons

Complement

13 officers

104 enlisted

Troop Accommodations

16 officers

147 enlisted

Boats 2 LCVP

Cargo Capacity (varied with mission - payloads between 1600 and 1900 tons)

Typical loads

One Landing Craft Tank (LCT), tanks, wheeled and tracked vehicles, artillery, construction equipment and military supplies. A ramp or elevator forward allowed vehicles access to tank deck from main deck

Additional capacity included sectional pontoons carried on each side of vessel amidships, to either build Rhino Barges or use as causeways. Married to the bow ramp, the causeways would enabled payloads to be delivered ashore from deeper water or where a beachhead would not allow the vessel to be grounded forward after ballasting

Armament (varied with availability when each vessel was outfitted. Retro-fitting was accomplished throughout WWII. The ultimate armament design for United States vessels was

2 - Twin 40MM gun mounts w/Mk. 51 directors

4 - Single 40MM gun mounts

12 single 20MM gun mounts

Fuel Capacity

Diesel 4,300 Bbls

Propulsion

two General Motors 12-567A, 900hp Diesel engines

single Falk Main Reduction Gears

three Diesel-drive 100Kw 230V D.C. Ship's Service Generators

two propellers, 1,700shp

twin rudders

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
94k	USS LST-1025 beached at Mindoro Island, Philippines, 18 December 1944. All hands work to off-load ammunition so the ship can retract from the beach. US Navy photo	Tommy Trampp
133k	Five LSTs beached at San Fabian, Lingayen Gulf while unloading trucks, circa January 1945. Right to left; USS LST-697, USS LST-573, USS LST-1025, USS LST-496 and unidentified.	John De Noma
78k	USS LST-924 and USS LST-1025 beached at Tarakan Island, Borneo, 1 May 1945, while the heavy equipment of No. 61 Airfield Construction Wing RAAF is being unloaded. Australian War Memorial photo # OG2476	Australian War Memorial
25k	USS LST-1025 and USS LST-697 beached on Blue Beach at Morotai, 17 May 1945. USS LST-1025 is unloading wounded from Tarakan Island. Members of the Australian Army 2/12 Field Ambulance Transferred them to the 2/5 General Hospital.	Australian War Memorial
76k	USS LST-711, USS LST-1025, USS LST-574 and an unidentified LST beached at Morotai, Halmahera Islands, Netherlands East Indies, 29 May 1945, waiting to load Royal Australian Air Force vehicles for the invasion of Lubuan, British North Borneo. Australian War Memorial photo # OG2807.	Australian War Memorial
20k	USS LST-1025 beached at Morotai, 1 June 1945 as US Army Air Corp aircraft overfly the embarkation area during the full scale rehearsal for the Oboe 6 Operation.	Australian War Memorial
29k	USS LST-1025 retracts from the beach at Morotai, 3 June 1945, loaded with troops and equipment of HQ 9th Division Australian Army bound for Operation Oboe 6.	Australian War Memorial
21k		Australian War Memorial

USS LST-1025
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	ENS. Curfman, Chester Clayton, USN	31 May 1944 - 28 June 1945
02	LT. Flato, Jerome Cecil, USNR	28 June 1945 - 13 July 1945
03	LT. Fitch, Alfred Levan, USNR	13 July 1945 = 5 February 1946
04	LTjg. Coleman, James M., USNR	5 February 1946 - 24 May 1946


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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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United States LST Association

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